Fateful Triangle - How China Shaped U.s.-India Relations During the Cold War

Taking a long view of the three-party relationship, and its future prospects
In Fateful Triangle, Tanvi Madan argues that China's influence on the U.S.-India relationship is neither a recent nor a momentary phenomenon. Drawing on documents from India and the United States, she shows that American and Indian perceptions of and policy toward China significantly shaped U.S.-India relations in three crucial decades, from 1949 to 1979. Fateful Triangle updates our understanding of the diplomatic history of U.S.-India relations, highlighting China's central role in it, reassesses the origins and practice of Indian foreign policy and nonalignment, and provides historical context for the interactions between the three countries.

List of contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Divergence
1. The Orientation in the Orient (1949-1952)
2. Why So Wary? (1953-1956)
Part II. Convergence
3. The Pandit and the President (1956-1958)
4. Semi-detached Ally? (1959-1962)
Part III. Dependence and Disillusionment
5. Bread or Bombs (1963-1965)
6. Playing It a Bit Cooler (1965-1968)
Part IV. Disengagement
7. Fluid New World (1969-1972)
8. Looking Both Ways (1973-1979)
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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By Tanvi Madan

Summary

Argues that China's influence on the US-India relationship is neither a recent nor a momentary phenomenon. Drawing on documents from India and the United States, Tanvi Madan shows that American and Indian perceptions of and policy toward China significantly shaped US-India relations in three crucial decades, from 1949 to 1979.

Product details

• Authors: Tanvi Madan
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780815737711
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-3771-1
• No. of pages: 398
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, India, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, The Cold War, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Cold wars and proxy conflicts